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Arpīnum , i, n.,
I.a town in Latium, the birthplace of Cicero and Marius, now Arpino, Cic. Att. 2, 8; cf. Mann. Ital. I. 676.— Hence,
II. Derivv.:
A. Arpīnas , ātis (nom. Arpinatis, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.; cf. Ardeatis), adj., of or pertaining to Arpinum: “fundus,Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 8: “aquae,id. Att. 1, 16: “iter,id. ib. 16, 13.—Subst.: Ar-pīnātes , ium, m., the inhabitants of Arpinum, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; so id. Att. 4, 7; 15, 15; so also Inscr. Orell. 571 (cf. Cic. Fam. 13, 11); Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63: Arpinas (per antonomasiam) for Cicero, Symm. Carm. Ep. 1, 1; and for Marius, the countryman of Cicero (cf. Arpinum), Sid. Carm. 9, 259.—
B. Arpīnus , a, um, adj., of Arpinum: “chartae,” i. e. Cicero's, Mart. 10, 19.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.11
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.16
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.8
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.7
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 3.2.8
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.63
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.7
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 10.19
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